diff --git a/crates/orchestrator/src/shared/constants.rs b/crates/orchestrator/src/shared/constants.rs
index acf4701e4..fbae97f1e 100644
--- a/crates/orchestrator/src/shared/constants.rs
+++ b/crates/orchestrator/src/shared/constants.rs
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@ pub const RPC_PORT: u16 = 9944;
 pub const RPC_HTTP_PORT: u16 = 9933;
 // P2P default port
 pub const P2P_PORT: u16 = 30333;
-// default command template to build chain-spec
+// Default command template to export a chain-spec.
+// `export-chain-spec` replaced the deprecated `build-spec` CLI in polkadot-sdk.
+// Bootnodes are customized after generation, so `--disable-default-bootnode` is unused.
 pub const DEFAULT_CHAIN_SPEC_TPL_COMMAND: &str =
-    "{{mainCommand}} build-spec --chain {{chainName}} {{disableBootnodes}}";
+    "{{mainCommand}} export-chain-spec --chain {{chainName}}";
 // interval to determine how often to run node liveness checks
 pub const NODE_MONITORING_INTERVAL_SECONDS: u64 = 15;
 // how long to wait before a node is considered unresponsive